Certification Award Winners

William Smith

The IIA is proud to announce the 2017 list of those who have passed certification exams with the highest scores, demonstrating their dedication and passion for the profession. These candidates excelled in the CIA®, CGAP®, CFSA®, CRMA®, and CCSA® exams, honoring the profession and their respective organizations.

The candidate who scored the highest in the CIA exam will receive the William S. Smith Award, named in honor of William S. Smith, CIA, The IIA's first chairman of the Board of Regents, a former IIA chairman of the board, and a driving force behind the development of the Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) program.

Awards are based on individual performance on the core CIA exam parts (parts 1, 2, and 3). With year-round testing, award recipients must pass each exam part on their first attempt within one year of taking the first exam part.

In 2017, over 48,000 CIA exam parts were delivered and more than 6,100 certifications granted. Congratulations to all who are committed to delivering a level of excellence to their organization or business environment and the internal audit profession.

2017 CIA Top Score Award Winners

Candidate Name

Award

Country

Seyed Paul Arab, CIA

William S. Smith Award - Gold

USA

Steven Dobberkau, CIA

A.J. Hans Spoel Award - Silver

Germany

Wendy Magno, CIA

Kurt Riedener Award - Bronze

USA

Earl O. Jason Gozon, CIA

Dr. Glenn Sumners Award - Student

Philippines

The next 10 top CIA scorers are recognized for their achievements with Certificates of Excellence.The Certificate of Excellence CIA award winners for 2017 are:

Priscilla Perry, CIA, USA

Laura Gier, CIA, Germany

Paul Totterdil, CIA, UAE

Lea Edelmann, CIA, Germany

Thomas McLoughlin, CIA, USA

Sharon Pidduck, CIA, Canada

James Baird II, CIA, USA

Rhea Elaine Mendoza, CIA, Philippines

Katherine Hogan, CIA, USA

Mary Anne Kania, CIA, CRMA, USA

The IIA also recognizes the next top 50 highest CIA exam scores with a Certificate of Honor.Recipients for 2017 include:

Candidate

Affiliate/Institute

Sharon Palmer, CIA

IIA Canada

Bart Van Hoorebeeck, CIA, CRMA

IIA Belgium

Shannon Hartigan, CIA

IIA Canada

Kevin Purvis, CIA

Member at Large

Jason Gragg, CIA

Nashville

Stavros Papastavrou, CIA

IIA Cyprus

Charles Myers, CIA

Atlanta

Natalya Mikheeva, CIA

IIA Russia

James McNally, CIA

Chicago

Kevin Broderick, CIA

Ft. Worth

Kyle Newnam, CIA

Central Illinois

Andrea Ling, CIA

Vancouver

Uwem Akpabio, CIA

Dallas

Neesa Bally, CIA

Trinidad & Tobago

Wanshu Zhang, CIA

Non-Member

Joseph Cox, CIA, CRMA, CGAP

Northern Virginia

Charmaine Tay, CIA

IIA Singapore

Breechard Pascua, CIA

IIA Philippines

Danni Chen, CIA

IIA Canada

Elisabetta Linares, CIA

IIA Italy

Brian Haring, CIA

Central Ohio

David Moye, CIA

Central Ohio

Bonnie Tse, CIA

Member at Large

Shelly Jones, CIA

Kansas City

Lise Valentine, CIA

Chicago

Leslie Gumut, CIA

IIA Nigeria

Jessica Gabai, CIA

IIA Australia

Brendan Clark, CIA

Denver

Hea Kwon, CIA

Austin

Eric Paschal, CIA

Houston

Thomas Mattner, CIA

IIA Germany

Suzanne Edgar, CIA

IIA UKI

Sebastian Fritzsch, CIA

IIA Germany

Jane Lizzette Go, CIA

IIA Philippines

Suraj Shroff, CIA

IIA India

Chi In Cheong, CIA

IIA Hong Kong

Konstantinos Andrikopoulos, CIA

IIA UAE

Jan Hendrik Hoefer, CIA

IIA Germany

Sandra Lisowe, CIA

Fox Valley, WI

Ryan Hansen, CIA

Ak-Sar-Ben

Linus Wei-Nien Low, CIA

IIA Singapore

Phillip Burkowski, CIA

IIA Germany

Hideo Tanaka, CIA

IIA Japan

Eduardo Rodriguez Alvarez-Canton, CIA

Puerto Rico

Kristi McMahan, CIA

Northern Virginia

Joel Hamblin, CIA

Non-Member

Kelsey McConnell, CIA

Kansas City

Zsuzsanna Tajti, CIA

IIA Hungary

Marissa Cerami, CIA

Non-Member

Kerri Tadt, CIA

Non Member

The IIA also recognizes those who scored the highest on specialty exams in 2017: